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Internet video rallies anarchists for Gleneagles attacks

ANARCHISTS planning to hijack a meeting of world leaders at Gleneagles have filmed a reconnaissance mission to the luxury hotel and posted the footage on the internet.

Masked anti-capitalists carrying a hand-held camera gained access to the grounds of the hotel, which will host the G8 summit next year.

The group recorded images of the venue and surrounding fields to help activists in other countries plan disruption.

In one shot, on the way to Gleneagles in the back of a van, an activist dressed in black fatigues laughs with colleagues, saying: “We’re here to get a feel for the area if the G8 comes here. It will be a really bad idea if they do. It’s next to one of the main motorways and will wreak complete havoc on Scotland.”

The film, posted on a website hosted by Dissent, a UK-based coalition of “anti-authoritarians”, is being investigated by police tasked